2020 Sandlands Vineyards, Carignane, Lodi Wine, California.I couldn’t keep my hands off this new batch of Tegan Passalacqua’s Sandlands Vineyards wines and especially his brilliant Lodi Carignane, this is always…
Grapelive Cassoulet Wine Suggestions The Languedoc has many ancient secrets from their rustic Cassoulet to some of France’s most authentic and easy to drink food wines, like the wines from…
Traditional Cassoulet: – In Search of the Languedoc Holy Grail By Bradley Gray, Special Contributor to Grapelive.com Cassoulet is undeniably the most delicious comfort food on the planet. This is…
2018 Krupp Brothers, Syrah “Black Bart” Stagecoach Vineyard, Napa Valley.The deep and inky purple Black Bart Syrah by the Krupp Brothers coats the palate with fine grained tannins and opulent…
Part One Slow Wine USA Tour 2022 – San Francisco – Piedmont and Nebbiolo Stars of the Showby Kerry Winslow, grapelive The San Francisco stop for Slow Wine was a…
The Wines of Germanyby Anne Krebiehl MW I am really glad I got this book, The Wines of Germany, by Anne Krebiehl MW, Anne has done an amazing job of…
Tasting Highlights: Mendocino v. South Santa Cruz Mountains Four Great Cool Climate Pinots from High Flying Regions, 2 from vineyards near Corralitos in the South Santa Cruz Mountains that are…
The Loire Valley A quick study guide The Loire Valley in France’s central western middle is a vast wine region that follows the Loire River from near Orleans where famed…
The Rhone Valley One of France’s main wine regions, the Rhone Valley is mostly divided into two areas the Northern and Southern zones, but also including the Ventoux, Nimes and…
A Very Serious German Wine Adventure with Scenes from the Rheingau and Nahe at Harvest 2016. By Kerry Winslow, grapelive.com In October of 2016 I went to Germany on a…